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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wednesday are no longer good days for me. I added a day of working in the Atlanta office, Allison now has tutoring after school so I have to pick her up and then it is the rush to get to Confirmation class for Megan and then drive as fast and safely as I can across town to get Allison to dance class in time. Just call me the new employee of the Mom Taxi Co!

I am also prepping for two events this weekend. I have been hired to do a wedding scrapbook memory album. I designed the pages on MDS and then had a first meeting with my customer to show her. It was so great to use MDS to show her the pattern, colors and layout on the computer! It really sold her on me doing the album for her. So I got my supplies and now I will be creating the complete 24 page book. Here is the first page of the memory book to share with you.

Next up on my list is MY FIRST STAMPIN UP WORKSHOP with my dear friend Christine!!!!! I have the projects ready to go and the make and takes ready to go too! I just need to work on a scavenger hunt of the catalog and prizes. I plan to pull some older crafts from my craft shows for the prizes so that makes it easy.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Here is the last card I created using the Vintage Embossing Folder, the Decorative Label Punch and the Seasonal Sentiments stamp set from the new Holiday Mini Catalog! This would also be good for an anniversary card to your favorite guy in the world.

The base card is in Real Red, embossed in the Vintage folder and sponged in Early Espresso. The Crumb Cake is 3 3/4"x 5" and sponged as well. The Early Espresso striped ribbon was cut and glued to the card in place. I stamped the sweet sentiment image on Very Vanilla and sponged too. To create the border around the Decorative Label, you punch out two label pieces, cut in half horizontally and the other vertically looking like a V shape. Glue them to the back of the Very Vanilla piece. The hearts are punched from the Trio Hearts punch in Crumb Cake and Real Red with sponged edges. Then popped up with the sentiment piece with dimensionals.

Thank you all for stopping by this week and checking out my challenge! I hope it challenges you to create different cards using the same items over and over.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

I absolutely LOVE this card and it just might be my Christmas card this year. Yikes, NO snowmen but oh well. Again the Vintage embossing folder is on the Old Olive base card and I sponged the edges with Early Espresso. The Decorative Label punch is done in Early Espresso and use as an embellishment piece. The divine and elegant sentiment from Seasonal Sentiments is stamped in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla, sponged on the edges and popped up with dimensionals. The Real Red 5/8" ribbon is wrapped around the card and tied in a simple knot. I used the Boho Blossums punch for the Real Red flower and added the NEW Pearls (largest size) kit.

Super easy to create 60 cards all at once for friends and family! You need those three items shown in Monday's post, Early Espresso Classic Ink, 2 packs of Old Olive cardstock, 1 pack Early Espresso, Real Red and Very Vanilla cardstock, 1 roll of 5/8" grosgrain Real Red ribbon, 1 pack of dimensionals and a sponge dobber. Total cost @ $90.00 and you will have lots of paper left to make Friday's card too!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The second card created was also the swap at my last Starz meeting at Monika's home. I love the color of this card: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla. The Vintage embossing folder is on the card base. The Decorative Label is an embellishment piece which was sponged in More Mustard. The Seasonal Sentiments stamp set is stamped in Early Expresso and sponged on the edges of the Very Vanilla piece. That is popped off the card with dimensionals. I stamped in Cajun Craze ink with the Autumn Splendor stamp set leaf on the Cajun Craze 3 3/4 x 5 piece. The 5/8" Old Olive ribbon is wrapped on that piece.

If you go to Monika's post on her blog here: PAWS STARZ SWAPS You can see my swap card too. But it has one thing different. Can you see it?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Here is the first card that you get from using the Vintage embossing folder, the Decorative Label Punch and the Seasonal Sentiments Stamp set. Colors are Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, and Basic Black. I used markers in Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Rich Razzleberry to color in sentiment lettering. You see the little Ghost right? That is our new Owl punch! You punch the body of the owl, cut off the feet and turn it around. I left the eyes just black cause they look creepy that way. The google eyes on him look better. The border around the sentiment was created by taking the decorative label punch and cut one in half adding it to the back. I used dimensionals to pop that off the card. The wonderful grosgrain striped ribbon in Pumpkin Pie and stapled it to the card.

Love the look of the vintage Halloween and so fitting as I ride the Haunted Mansion with 999 grim grinning ghosts this week!

Monday, September 20, 2010

I recently got some new items and I created a challenge for myself. How can you take limited number of items and create more than one card with those items? I took the new Decorative Label Punch, the Vintage embossing folder and the Seasonal Sentiments stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog that you see in the picture. Over the next four days, you will see how I created four holiday cards using just these three items, cardstock, and ribbon. I wanted to show at a workshop that I have coming up, how you can take similar items to create more than just one card. I think you will love the cards!
Have a magical day!Cindy

Friday, September 17, 2010

TGFF! Thank God for Family! and Fridays! heehee Today's MDS page was done during Heather's Simply MDS 2 online class. I love the color combo, River Rock, Marina Mist and Basic Black and were brought together from the picture of our family. See the colors? I use some of the new downloaded DSP of River Rock and Marina Mist.

I was just about to finish this page when I noticed my Hallmark Disney Quote statue that I have in my front entry way. If you do not know, we are HUGE Disney fans! So the quote from Walt Disney is quite fitting for this page. I think it I will have this page printed from Stampin Up and frame it in a 12x12 black frame.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Another super cute kid's card! This was a simple simple card to make. As well as easy to create many at once. Colors are So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Baha Breeze and Early Expresso. I took one 8.5"x 11" piece of cardstock and stamped each image of the "matching theme" color of the animal in Versa Mark all over. Then I took my 1 3/4" circle punch and cut out all the circles I could. The card base is Crumb Cake (kraft). The sentiment is from Wow Flowers and stamped in Early Espresso ink. The Fox and Friends stamp set is really great as a kid's card, baby card or just a hello card. The monkey and lion are my favorite.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

I am taking Heather's Simply MDS 2 online class and I am LOVING it! I love how Heather teaches us a new tip or trick on how to use the My Digital Studio program. Then she shows us a layout that we can case and learn how to make it our own.

This page was from Day One. We learned how to use the photo layouts that the MDS program provides and change it a bit. I really like the Extreme Elements stamp images on this page and they go so well with the theme of New Orleans. The LCMS National Youth Gathering was held in New Orleans this summer and my husband and I went as youth leaders with 11 teens. It was an amazing experience!

You can see the MDS slide show with music on You Tube that I created on MDS here: 2010 GATHERING with TIMOTHY YOUTH You can do so much with the My Digital Studio Program! I presented this video to our congregation this past Sunday and everyone loved it!

Monday, September 13, 2010

I have two daughters so having girly cards are easy to come by around this house. A boy's birthday card is rarely seen unless of course it is one of my 3 nephews' birthdays. But I saw this card in the new catalog on page 76 and knew I had to make it. I changed up the colors to my liking.

Colors are Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. I stamped the rocket in Staz On black and then watercolored with classic ink and the aqua painters. Looking at it now, I should have sponged the edges of the moon and gave the stars some white gel pen highlights.

Friday, September 10, 2010

I made this card set for my wonderful sister-in-law! She loves red and said that this card is one of her favorites that I have made. I saw the idea from Monika's open house. She received a similiar card set from Sandy Hancock during Convention. I just loved the idea and how simple it was to make.

To make the cover, you take one 8.5"x11" piece of cardstock and score lengthwise at 2" and then in half at 5.5". You cut up to the 2" score line and then at a diagonal on each side. Click picture to see details. I used Cherry Cobbler and Early Expresso with Very Vanilla. Stamp set used: Because I Care and Afterthoughts. Both are hostess sets in the new SU catalog and you can get them when you purchase a $150 order or workshop. I also used the eyelet border punch on the cover and cards.

The card and envelope are very simple to mass produce. I made 6 each for the gift set. The center measures 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" and it is popped off the card with dimensionals. This card was cased by Angie Juda. Super clean and simple. Love it!

Happy Birthday Reenie, have a glass of wine and enjoy your birthday week!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

My daughter Allison LOVES Pixos! She is definitely like her mom when it comes to being crafty and creative! We came up with storage solution to hold all the colors of those tiny beads. I got these at Walmart in the jewelry section for @ 2.00 each. We followed the directions found here on my past post: TWO = ONE and see the BOX of GOODIES tutorial from the eighteen25 website.

We divide them into cool colors and warm colors. I used my Cricut Mickey Font to cut the Titles for the covers. The cuteo dotted paper is just some that I had in a patterns package. She loves it and I love that I do not find Pixos all over her room!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Since my upline Wendy moved away, my sideline Monika has opened her workshops and meetings to us. She recently had an open house right after Convention to share and it was amazing! She made these cupcakes with the new owl punch. Adorable, right?

After we ate our cupcake, she let us take the owl topper home to create a card or something with it. I had bought this paper at Archivers cause I just loved the pattern and colors. That little owl was sitting on my desk and he matched perfectly! I did change his heart to match the Rich Razzleberry on this page. Colors are Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry.

This page was about my annual trip to ScrapExpo in Atlanta. This year I went with Kim again and we brought Christine this year. We even went back to my house and scrapped with some of our new finds at the Expo. It was so much fun!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

It was full of stamping and creating! I got my Stampin Up order in on Friday and I spent the majority of the weekend in my lounge clothes and in my studio. I got so much done! We had a house full of girls, with Megan's friends coming and going, pizza, watching movies like Camp Rock The Final Jam, and then a gathering with our friends for lunch. My friend Christine came over and she was oohing over the SU catalog and talked me into having my very first SU workshop in October! So that inspired me to think of a workshop projects and make-n-take. Excited and nervous at the same time but it should be fun! Show those to you later!

Today's project was invented when I was putting Mary Kay orders in lunchbags for delivery. I wanted to create a tag to make the plain old lunchbags look a little nicer and to say thank you to those ladies that still order MK from me. I have a group that still orders from me and it keeps me active with MK. My friend Monika, did a similiar tag and I loved it. I used the hostess set, Because I Care. Colors are Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Early Expresso.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Few weeks ago, my nephew had his 7th birthday! He is totally into legos at this age and of course, we got him a great lego set. I stood at Toys R Us in the legos aisle for 45 min trying to decide which one to buy him! Then a had to create a legos card especially for him. The challenge began!

Here is what I came up with: The colors are Real Red, Crushed Curry, Pacific Point, Green Galore. I used 3/4" and 1/2" circle punches on this. They are just cut squares or rectangle that I round the corners. The real effect is the sponging in the same color of the edges and white gel pen to add highlights. I also ran the Green Galore thru the small dots Big Shot emboss folder. The sentiment is a retired set and stamped and punched from the Wide Oval.

Cindy Schuster

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My life involves being a mom, wife, friend, full time employee, youth director at our church, and Stampin Up Demonstrator! I love being creative and crafty but mostly I love sharing with all of you here!